The novel opens in the 1930’s on the eve of the formation of the Marzahn Camp. This camp was the prototype for concentration camps designed to contain, oppress and ultimately kill all Roma within Nazi occupied Europe. The gypsies manage to escape the German government to find a base of operations in the USSR. From there, gypsies are dispatched by Moscow Center as intelligence gatherers/assassins.

Nirupa has an interesting life, traveling around the world with her mother. But she is lonely. She longs to be like the other kids, but above all Nirupa longs to meet her father whom she has never seen.
When she receives a mysterious gift the day of her birthday she knows her life is about to change completely. But she is wrong; Her life was meant to be extraordinary since the day she was born.